Admissions As administrative coordinator of the bold and to make courageous choices.” by Ed M. Koziarski three-person executive collective that “They realize that this is more oversees Nonstop, Eklund-Leen is re- than just a temporary bridge between he Nonstop Liberal Arts Insti- sponsible for admissions. the Antioch-of-the-past and the An- tute begins holding classes Sept. “Scott’s estimate of 80 is as tioch-of-the-future,” Kay continued, T4 with the entire village of Yel- good as any, and we have discussed a “but a groundbreaking educational low Springs as its campus. 22 faculty range between 50 and 100” students,” venture that can offer them much more are continuing from Antioch College, Eklund-Leen said. than they could expect from a tradi- offering a curriculum that retains ma- At press time Nonstop was in tional college: experiential learning in jor elements from recent years at the the process of hiring a recruitment fa- its most radical sense, the unique op- college while taking a number of in- cilitator whose position would be dedi- portunity to be part of the construction novative new steps. cated to this endeavor. Eklund-Leen of your own education, participation in But what of the students? Who said that absence of that position has a genuine academic community under will come to a school that lacks accred- “slowed down our efforts” to date. shared governance, and the knowledge itation or the ability to confer degrees? Jeanne Kay, a continuing stu- that by being part of Nonstop, they Nonstop professor Scott War- dent who sits on Nonstop’s governing are participating in a social movement ren told the Associated Press July 11 council ExCil, has been answering in- with a broad political scope. that Nonstop was aiming for an en- quiries from prospective students. “Considering these arguments, rollment of 80 for fall semester. “We “Most prospectives want to the temporary lack of accreditation know that several, possibly many, stu- know about accreditation first and fore- seems to be a rather small issue for dents who attended Antioch last year most,” Kay said. “Of course, students many students,” she said. “Almost all are interested in joining Nonstop,” said realize it is an adventurous choice. are hoping to attend Antioch College co-op professor Susan Eklund-Leen. Prospective Antiochians tend to be after it reaches independence.” “Admissions” Continues on Pg. 6...

Legal Concerns College for their lawyers. It The Essence name of the Nonstop Lib- Plague Nonstop appears to be in trademark of Nonstop eral Arts Institute (“Non- Logo Contest violation. However, objec- by Scott Warren stop”) operating in the by Marjorie Jensen tions were not raised by the Philosophy & Politics village of Yellow Springs CRF or Antioch University – we face legal challenges n July 1, ExCil ap- lawyers about the hearted, n June 30, 2008, if we use the name “Anti- pointed an anony- winged, starbursted, tilted, the operations of och.” Twenty-two former Omous panel to run vitruvian A used by the CRF Ohistoric 156-year- Antioch faculty members a logo contest for the Non- for reunion and fundraising. old Antioch College were have developed a progres- stop Liberal Arts Institute The political move- suspended by the Antioch sive and cutting-edge lib- (NLAI), the educational ment of Nonstop Antioch is University administration eral arts curriculum that branch of the Nonstop An- protected by the first amend- and board of trustees, de- they will offer to students tioch Movement. The panel ment. The copyright that spite widespread national of all ages and communi- includes members from fac- Antioch University holds is protest. Faculty and staff ties in coffee shops, book- July 2008 25th, ulty, staff, student, and Yel- using the Antioch name to were evicted from their of- stores, churches, schools, low Springs constituencies. describe an educational in- fices, building locks were businesses, parks, homes, After about two weeks and stitution. The logo (and the changed, heartfelt good- and libraries. four entries, the panel chose name) of the educational arm byes were exchanged, and “The Essence of Nonstop” Matt Minde’s submission. of Nonstop is under stricter the campus was closed. Continues on Pg. 6... However, College scrutiny than the overall But the story does Revival Fund (CRF) staff movement. not stop there. It is only members raised concerns The logo contest beginning. The spirit, leg- The about the legality of Minde’s was initiated as a way to acy, values and education- design; it too clearly evoked overcome the legal and aes- al mission of Antioch Col- Nonstop the vitruvian A of Antioch thetic concerns of using the lege are continuing in the “Logo Contest” Continues on Pg. 7... Record Volume 1, Issue 2 By Jeanne Kay proach to undergraduate teaching, but “educational green spaces” dedicated FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: also revealed itself extremely relevant to “non-instrumentalized lines of in- Last week, I was browsing to the situation of Antioch College. quiry,” and that just like many other through a London bookshop when a In his pamphlet, Callinicos non-monetarily quantifiable goods in Prominent academics from across the nation call for the continuation of Antioch College title on display caught my eye: « Uni- explains how Higher Education in the the world, they were under attack “in Dismissed Antioch College faculty receive expressions of support from over 1,200 college professors and scholars versities in a Neoliberal World » said United Kingdom is undergoing sub- the name of supposedly inexorable the cover of the pamphlet. “This is stantial transformations as a result of laws of progress, efficiency, and mar- Yellow Springs, Ohio – July 23, 2008 - While the Antioch University administration continues the process of closing down exactly what I need!” I thought; I had the neoliberal world order. “British ket demand.” the 156-year-old Antioch College campus in Yellow Springs, a petition drive recently initiated by the dismissed Antioch been struggling with the question of universities,” he argues, “are in fact Antioch College may well be College faculty garners robust support from academics across the nation. why my summer course at the London being driven by priorities shaped by a private institution, but its structure School of Economics was so disap- the needs of big business. They are and mission support the flourishing of Over 1,200 academics, from liberal arts colleges and state and private universities, have endorsed the petition (http://peti- pointing—in its undeniable political being reconstructed to provide British an educational Commons, where, in tion.antiochians.org/), expressing their support for the efforts of the college alumni and faculty to “save Antioch College as bias, but also in the lack of questioning, and foreign corporations with the aca- Gregorek’s words, “silence, reflection, a progressive residential liberal arts college with a tenured faculty.” intellectual inquiry or critical thinking demic research and the skilled work- musings, experiment, practice, the students were encourage to show. Af- ers that they need to stay profitable.” gaining of knowledge, the trying out Signatories include such prominent scholars and leaders in the field of higher education as Michael Apple, Alex Callinicos, ter two years at Antioch College, the As a result, scholarly institutions are of ideas and art forms, the bumping up Judith Butler, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Judith Halberstam, Michael Hardt, Fredric Jameson, Peter McLaren, Nel Noddings LSE class seemed bland, superficial increasingly becoming “profit centres” against Otherness and other points of and Andrew Ross. and dogmatic: nothing I couldn’t get : pools of innovation and skilled work- view and…questioning” are valued for from the WTO website or a neoclassi- ers for corporations. their intrinsic worth and protected in “Alumni, faculty, and staff have made great efforts, intellectual and financial, for Antioch College to continue. Where such cal economics textbook. I was immediately reminded consequence. As such, it is an anchor passion and commitment exist, everyone in higher education should support the undertaking,” noted James Engell, Chair “Universities in a Neoliberal of the speech that former Antioch, of resistance against the systematic of English at Harvard University. Endorsing the petition, the signatories are calling on the Antioch University Board of World”, by Alex Callinicos* not only now Nonstop professor Jean Gregorek enclosure of the commons perpetrated Trustees to live up to their recently stated intention of transferring the college to the Alumni Association, who would then answered some of my interrogations gave last June at the college’s com- worldwide through neoliberalism and work to re-open it as an autonomous progressive residential liberal arts college, with its tradition of tenure and unionized as to how a world-renowned univer- mencement. In her address, she sug- corporate globalization. labor intact. sity could be so unscholarly in its ap- gested that liberal arts colleges were Antioch University, despite “Jeanne Op-Ed” Continues on Pg. 7... Many of the academics who endorsed the petition used that opportunity to comment on the uniqueness of Antioch College and on the importance of preserving its progressive values and innovative teaching practices. “More than ever education By Noreen Drescher & Dixie Maurer-Clemons govern our collective well being: clean air, clean water, and in the U.S. needs the example of Antioch College’s tradition of progressive education and social justice orientation,” wrote safe shelter plus nature conservation. Antioch College and Marilyn Johnston-Parsons, Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The campus of Antioch College both adds to and shares the Village of Yellow Springs, anticipated and addressed in our rich national heritage. This is true because of the these issues in a prescient manner. This legacy deserves to Local faculty and petition signatories hold that the Antioch College closure case marks a significant departure from tradi- history bestowed by our founding President Horace Mann. be preserved. tions of tenure, academic freedom, shared governance, and general due process. “Tenure protects what is the life-blood of It is also true because of the architectural and design in- Drawing on the reputation of Arthur Morgan, An- education: freedom of thought and speech. That is why corporate managers like those running Antioch University have novationsOP-ED’S of President Arthur Morgan who served as one tioch University has advocated for innovative scientific re- tried to eradicate it and why the restoration of tenure throughout Antioch is a key part of reestablishing a free and healthy of the key innovators in Civil Engineering and was a true search and environmental studies in the University/College College,” noted Paul Lauter, the Allan K. and Gwendolyn Miles Smith Professor of Literature at Trinity College in Hart- visionary in environmental planning. This campus was be- programs. Antioch University has posited the experiential ford. loved by both men. Antioch boasts many buildings on the in education. How, then, decades of deferred maintenance National Registry of Historic Buildings including Antioch of the campus National Historic structures, became the The petition also applauds the “Nonstop” efforts of the dismissed college faculty, who, with the financial backing from Hall, the Rebecca Pennell House, Curl Gym, the Science norm for Antioch University/College leaves me incredulous alumni and local community, will be teaching classes outside of the campus from which they have been ousted, in local Building, North Hall, Birch Hall, South Hall, Rockford and defies credulity. How does an educational enterprise, coffee shops, bookstores, churches, and residents’ homes. The mission of the Nonstop Liberal Arts Institute is to carry on Chapel, Weston Hall/Mann Library, and the Octagonal with the legacy it claims, place its very heritage at risk? the progressive traditions and values of Antioch College until the college is re-opened and the faculty and staff can return Chimney of the Power Plant. Under consideration for the How can we claim Arthur Morgan in our speech and our to the now abandoned campus. National Registry are the Theater, Evan R.Spalt, Engineer- brochures but not in his embodied buildings and grounds? ing, Hugh Taylor Birch House and certain landscape de- The shuttering of the campus in June is a wake up Nonstop Institute ([email protected]) is not affiliated with or sponsored by Antioch University or its related sign elements such as the Front Lawn, the Horseshoe, Red call to the Village of Yellow Springs, to the Alumni As- organizations. Donations to Nonstop should be directed to College Revival Fund (501(c) 3); earmarked for Nonstop: https:// Square, and Birch Hall Quadrangle. All of these properties sociation and to Antioch University to be mindful of their secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?aid=24702, College Revival Fund, PO Box 444 Yellow Springs, OH 45387. are to be treated with the same sensitivity and care as those roles in preservation issues and to the bottom line wealth that are currently listed on the National Registry. in assets. All three entities need to be invested in the care Contact: Chris Hill The Antioch College Campus is a gem in the gar- and condition of these buildings. Land does not depreciate. Phone: (937)-767-2327 ment of Yellow Springs. The historic district extends into The value of real property is in its improvements. Count- E-mail: [email protected] the Village of Yellow Springs (see Getty Report on Antioch less thieves, who have salvaged buildings for copper wire, Petition Link: http://petition.antiochians.org Papers). Think of the central issues of our time, those that “Noreen & Dixie Op-Ed” Continues on Pg. 8...

2 3 Nonstop Committees and Membership Diversity Committee Elections Committee Bylaws Committee Curriculum Committee Record Advisory Board Facilities Committee Compiled by Marjorie Jensen and Rowan Kaiser (subcommittee of ExCil (subcommittee of (subcommittee of ExCil) (subcommittee of Faculty (RAB, subcommittee of (subcommittee of ExCil) and ComCil) ComCil) Ad Hoc Senate) ComCil) Ad Hoc Fridays at 11:30, Ad hoc -Chris Hill Once or Twice Weekly Thursday at 11:00, -Jill Becker Emporium -Steven Duffy -Rowan Kaiser -Dennie Eagleson Emporium -Dennie Eagleson ExCil (Executive Council) ComCil (Community Council) -Amanda Caserta -Marjorie Jensen -Chelsea Martens -Jean Gregorek -David Bishkoff (Chair, -Megg Fleck Tuesdays at 10:00, 140 Glen St. Fridays at 2:30, 140 Glen St. -Marjorie Jensen -Foster Neill -Eric Miller -Nevin Mercede Interim Editor) -Chuck Taylor -Eric Miller -Scott Warren -Hassan Rahmanian -Jean Gregorek -Foster Neill Faculty Rowan Kaiser, Foster Neill (CG, -Hassan Rahmanian -Rowan Kaiser Anne Bohlen (co-chair) one vote between them) -Beverly Rodgers -Marjorie Jensen (Interim Nevin Mercede Kathy Sheltons Potential Editor) Outreach Committee Scott Warren David Bishkoff -Foster Neill (subcommittee of ExCil) Iveta Jusova Scott Warren -Don Wallis Thursday at 12:30, 140 Jill Becker Rebecca Sperling Nonstop Facilities -Isabella Winkler Glen St. Leslie Gilbert -Susan Eklund-Leen Executive Collective Jeanne Kay -Robin Heise Hassan Rahmanian (ex-officio, Don Wallis -Rowan Kaiser non-voting) -Jeanne Kay Chris Hill (ex-officio, non- -Chelsea Martens voting) -Foster Neill Susan Eklund-Leen (ex-officio, -Jonny No non-voting) -Judy Wolert-Maldonado

CG Nonstop Headquaters!!! Budget Committee Foster Neill (ex-officio, non- 113 E. Davis Bryan Center YS Senior Center (subcommittee of voting, co-chair) ExCil) Rowan Kaiser (ex-officio, non- ??? voting, co-chair) -Steven Duffy -Chris Hill Students -Kim-Jenna Jurrians Eva Erickson -Foster Neill Kim-Jenna Jurriaans -Eric Miller Jeanne Kay

Non-Union Staff Technology Committee Robin Heise Prebyterian Church Union School House Sam & Eddy’s Living Room (subcommittee of Rockford Chapel ExCil) Union Staff Wednesday at 2:00, 140 Carole Braun Glen St. -Matt Baya -Carole Braun -Susan Eklund-Leen -Rowan Kaiser -Foster Neil -Jonny No -the Alumni Association webteam Lee & Vicky Morgan’s House The Emporium Methodist Church

4 5 ...“Admissions” Cont. from Pg. 1 ...“The Essence of Nonstop” Cont. from Pg. 1 ...“Logo Contest” Cont. from Pg. 1 There has been no movement in the attempt This remarkable and innovative adventure is being hearted, winged, starbursted, titled, vitruvian A for NLAI. derived from DaVinci’s Vitruvian Man. DaVinci used the to gain accreditation through another institution while funded by the energetic and dedicated alumni of Antioch The logo contest was also envisioned as a way to develop a geometric proportions described by Roman architect Mar- Nonstop awaits independent accreditation. “The cur- College. Under the name Nonstop Antioch Movement, the consistent scheme for the educational component of Non- cus Vitruvius Pollio in his book De architectura: “Thus in riculum needs to be finalized before we can move fur- Alumni Association established a College Revival Fund stop. NLAI has been developing materials for student re- the human body there is a kind of symmetrical harmony ther forward,” Eklund-Leen said. “Summer is not the devoted to raising money and support for the revival of an cruitment and academics that might participate in the cur- between forearm, foot, palm, finger, and other small parts; ideal time to receive endorsement by another school’s independent and free Antioch College, and to keeping the riculum. and so it is with perfect buildings.” faculty, administration and board of trustees.” Nonstop faculty and staff in operation. This is our current These are different constituents than the CRF is The vitruvian A maintains mirror, or bilateral While careful to stress the lack of accreditation, plan of action, pending the outcome of ongoing conversa- contacting; they are working on fundraising publications symmetry (like the Vitruivian Man), while a vitruvian N Nonstop is recruiting not only from continuing Antioch tions between key alumni and board members to secure the aimed at alumni and other large donors. CRF staff mem- would have rotational symmetry, which isn’t as easily de- students, but other traditional and non-traditional-age College’s independence. bers stress the importance of maintaining consistency in tectible by the untrained eye. Therein, the vitruvian N is, at students. There’s a strong push for pro-Nonstop locals the “look” of their materials and have employed a profes- first glance, potentially less visually appealing. Through- to sign up for at least one class. Nonstop held an open What is the essence of Nonstop? sional graphic designer to produce this “look.” out western history, symmetry (most recognizably bilateral house July 17 at the Bryan Center in Yellow Springs to Another concern about the complex design that the symmetry) has been closely interlinked with aesthetics. attract area residents to the program. 1. It is an educational vision that keeps the DNA of An- CRF has adopted is that the logo is not easily transferable; While the Executive Collective, Outreach Commit- “We have many supporters, residents of Yellow tioch College alive pending its resurrection. It is a it can’t easily be made into stencils, letterhead, website im- tee, and TechCil have been working on NLAI communica- Springs and the greater Miami Valley, who are inter- vision dedicated to liberal arts learning for life, and ages, or other mediums. Members of the NLAI community tions, there has been a void in how the design and visual ested in helping us move forward and joining our edu- in the words of founding president Horace Mann, hoped to find a simpler logo with the contest that could be aspects would be handled. The logo contest panel is going cational community,” Eklund-Leen said. “We expect for “winning a victory for humanity.” Nonstop is adopted for many uses. to continue to work with alumni designers to come up with that many people will join us as part-time students.” the vanguard of the revival of Antioch. One solution that was suggested is to create a vit- solutions for the legal complications of using Minde’s de- Tuition is $1,500 for fulltime students, $300 2. It is a commitment to carry on the educational mis- ruvian N to replace the vitruvian A. Vitruvian symbols are sign. per class for part-time students, with some scholarships sion of classroom, cooperative education, and com- available based on financial need. Fall semester runs munity, while building new relationships and part- ...“Jeanne Op-Ed” Cont. from Pg. 3 15 weeks, with a Learning Festival Week followed by a nerships with alumni and the villagers of Yellow claiming to hold progressive values, cial vision does it show? residential liberal arts institution com- weeklong break in the middle of the semester. Springs (our new “campus”). strives on an “educational philosophy” The commodification of edu- mitted to tenure, unions and shared Enrollment prospects for a future, independent 3. It is a return to our traditional values of shared gov- diametrically opposed to that of the cation, therefore, is a phenomenon that governance, is the epitomized antith- Antioch College remain an open question. With little ernance and collective decision making that had college. In the speech that Chancellor affects institutions of higher education esis of the neoliberal model of the public information on the progress of independence been supplanted in recent years by corporate-style, Toni Murdock gave at the Seattle cam- from London to Ohio. The residential University as a competitive producer talks between representatives of the Antioch Univer- top-down, secretive decision making. Nonstop has pus last year, she referred to the Uni- liberal-arts college model is dismissed of intellectual and human capital for sity Board of Trustees and the Antioch College Alumni no administrators; the operations of Nonstop are versity in business terms, as an institu- by neoliberal critiques as an elitist lux- profit. Nonstop thus inscribes itself Association, Nonstop is unable to lay a firm ground- coordinated by an “Executive Collective” of three tion whose mission would be to “pro- ury, Jean Gregorek points out; yet the in a global movement of resistance work for recruitment, even as the admissions cycle for faculty chosen by the community, and decisions are vide learning services and resources social consequences of the neoliberal against the corporatization of Higher fall 2009 is in full swing. made with the input of all constituencies. in a high-quality, cost-efficient, scaled model are deep. Callinicos mentions Education, and in defense of much en- “If we were situated in a normal admissions 4. It is a return to the original meaning and soul of lib- fashion to students, faculty and staff;” the growing precarity of both staff and dangered social values. These values cycle we would already be engaged with rising high eral learning with Socrates and Plato. The essence a primarily vocational school that pre- faculty (which Inside Higher Ed had are best summarized, in Jean Grego- school seniors,” Eklund-Leen said. “Since we could of this learning is the human and pedagogical rela- pares its students for a world in which denounced last Fall in an article called rek’s vision, as the idea that “purpose” not do any recruiting last year, we do not have a pool of tionships between teachers and learners, regardless –she chooses to quote Thomas Fried- “The adjunctification of Antioch”) as a and “efficiency” are two very different interested students for fall 2009. That first class will be of where that learning takes place. And that learn- man—“the individual worker is going direct consequence of the instrumen- things. And while Antioch College’s the biggest challenge.” ing, in our view, is Nonstop! to be more and more responsible for talized-education model. He also de- efficiency will no doubt be improved “As soon as we get a go ahead with a firm return managing his or her own career…and nounces the “increasingly hierarchical once it is free from the yoke of the to campus date we can begin full fledged recruitment,” For more information on the history and ongoing efforts of economics security.” Antioch Univer- nature of universities” which, from University and its history of misman- Eklund-Leen said. “At that point we will need the alumni Nonstop, please consult the following websites: sity, for Murdock, is “positioned to be being, traditionally “communit[ies] all agement, it will most importantly be to be fully engaged in recruitment efforts and will count nonstopinstitute.org a player in this new world.” The Uni- of whose members had the same inter- driven by purpose. on existing faculty, staff and students to help as well.” † antiochians.org versity values efficiency in order to ests” are increasingly being ruled by *Alex Callinicos is head of saveantioch.org be competitive in its field—and green “managerial elite[s]” who base their the European Studies department at Prospective students can inquire about Nonstop at theantiochpapers.org spaces are all but efficient. Getting decisions “not on the basis of intellec- King’s College, London, and a prolific http://nonstopinstitute.org (under construction) or by rid of the college—or transforming it tual values but on the bottom line.” political writer. He is a signer the peti- emailing [email protected]. You can reach Nonstop by e-mailing nonstopinquiries@ so that it fits into the “XXIst century Nonstop Antioch, through tion of scholars in support of an inde- gmail.com model,” makes perfect sense in this the Nonstop Liberal Arts Institute pendent Antioch College. Email Ed M. Koziarski at [email protected]. framework. Perfect business sense, and the continuing struggle for the anyhow. But what educational and so- independence of Antioch College as a

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architectural elements, and woodwork across the ur- NONSTOP ban landscape, understand this. Landlords whose assets were reduced in appraised value and insurance have learned. We must ensure Antioch University security for the campus is adequately addressed so as to not side with criminal negligence. While the State Historic Preservation Office and Conservation groups provide detailed descriptions of preservation techniques for protection of historic buildings, the elements are very simple. Buildings are comparable to organic systems and are vulnerable to moisture, fire, poor ventilation and extreme changes in temperature. Antioch University has allowed deferring of the quality roofing, the upgrading of the heating ven- tilation, electrical and cooling systems to save capital expense for the college. They will have to place more care and more expense now to shutter buildings made more vulnerable by such wear. Given the intense scru- tiny of the past year’s process regarding the transfer of these historic assets and the attention to the assessment of their value, no one can pretend false innocence or that they did not know. There is a lot at stake and many reputations. The Village of Yellow Springs real property values are entwined with the campus and its historic reputa- tion. Vagrant vandalism and property damage will eco- nomically impact the town. The Historic Preservation Act recognizes the local community as the first step in good governance. The local government has a vested interest in seeing that the Historical Properties are pro- tected. Antioch University’s reputation cannot with- stand an assessment of sheer negligence and disregard of a national trust. The Antioch Alumni, as educated at Antioch College, are stakeholders in these buildings and share responsibility in the historic campus preser- vation. Thousands have degrees in Engineering, Urban Planning, Environmental Science, Political Science, and History to name but a few disciplines. How does gross mismanagement and neglect of a wealth of national his- toric treasures by one’s alma mater contribute to the aca- demic credentials of their careers? Antioch College Campus is critical to how we will address each other and many problems facing our nation today. Will we preserve our past and innovate for the future through shared ingenuity and sacrifice or will we capitulate to the self-serving, false economies, and willfulness leveraging our heritage? Raise you voice, raise your hand; contribute.

Noreen Dean Dresser is a Co-Chair of the Lands and Buildings Committee with Dixie Maurer-Clemons